Disinfectant-sprayer for animals.



B. GOEKE.

DISINFECTANT SPRAYER FOR ANIMALS.

APPLICATION rum APR. 27, 1908.

932,858. Patented Au 31, 1909.

ERNEST GOEKE, 0F RHODES, IOWA.

DISINFEdTANT-SPRAYER FOB .ANMALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 31, 1909.

Application 11511 April 27, 1908. Serial No. 429,557.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST Gonna, a citizenof the United States, residing at Rhodes, in the county of Marshalland'State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Disinfectant-Sprayerfor Animals, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of simple, durable,and inexpensive construction, provided with a padded lever so positionedthat animals, such as hogs, will rub against it when annoyed by itching,such as is caused by parasites, and when said lever is thus rubbed, thedevice will be operated by the lever in such a manner asto permit aquantity of fluid contained in a tank to be sprayed over the animal asthe animal is rubbing or pressing the pad under the lever, said liquidbeing of such a nature that it will tend to destroy the parasites on theanimal, so that animals having para-i sites will actuate machinery thatwill spray the animals and thus destroy the parasites.

A further object is to provide a spraying device of this kind in whichthe fluid will. be sprayed in measured quantities, to-thereby avoidwastingthe fluid. .7

My invention consists in.the construction, arrangement and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows aside elevation of a device embodying my invention; the dotted lines insaid figure showing the position of the padded lever and adjacent partswhen the spraying valve is open; Fig. 2 shows a front elevation of same,and Fig. 3 shows an enlarged detail sectional view of the upper valve toillustrate the arrangement of the air inlet ports.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the numeral 10 toindicate the standard to which the spraying device is attached; thisstandard is provided. with rackets 11 to which a padded lever 12 isfulcrumed; the lower end of this lever is provided with a pad 13, andthis pad is preferably so positioned in an inclosure for animals thatthe animals may readil and easily rub their sides against saidipa At thetop of the standard 10 is a tank 14; a valve casing 15 is arranged inconnection with the tank '14, and'is provided with a valve 16, saidvalve being so arranged that when in one position as shown in Fig.3, it

will close the opening through the valve cas mg, and when in a positionat right-angles thereto it will permit the passage of fluid through thevalve casing; fixed to the valve 16 is a short lever 17 normallyextended downwardly; this lever 17 is connected by'a link 18 with theupper end of the lever 12, and a spring 19 is connected to said link tonormally hold the upper end of the 1everl2 toward the standard 10.Connected to the lower end of the valve casing 15 is a pipe 20 having atits-lower end a valve casing 21 provided with a valve 22 of the samekind as the valve before described, and at the lower end of thevalvecasing 21 is a spraying nozzle 23. Attached to the valve 22 is a lever24 normally extended horizontally toward the standard 10. The lever 17and the lever 24 are connected with each other by means of a link 25pivoted to'both; the said link 18 being connected to thelever 17 abovethe point where the link 25 is connected to said .lever, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In one side of the valve casing 15 is an air port 26, and in one side ofthe valve 16 is an air port 27. These air ports are so arranged thatwhen the valve is closed, as shown in Fig. 3, the air ports 26 and 27are out of alinement with each other and air may enter through the port.26 and then pass down through the port 27 so that the liquid containedin the pipe 20 may freely flow/out through the nozzle 23'; how-ever,when the valve 16 is open, closed by the valve to prevent the escape ofliquid through said port.

In practical use, assuming that the parts are assembled as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, then when an animal rubs against the pad lever 13, itwill force the lower end of the lever toward the standard 10, as shownby dotted lines in Fig. 1.- This-will have the effect of moving thelever 17 to a position at right angles to its'normal posit-ion andthereby close the valve 16; at the same time the link 25 and lever 24will operate to open the valve 22, and hence, the liquid contained inthe pipe 20 between the two valves will be permitted to pass out throughthe nozzle 23. The ports 26 and 27 serve to admit air at the top of thepipe "20, so that the liquid may freely flow put through the nozzle 23and thus spray the animal that is rubbin against the padded lever. Theclosing of t e upper then the, port 26 will be uid upon themselves, andthat the liquid its normal position, the lower valve is closed.gredient, animals, such as hogs, will when has,

and the upper one open, so that the pipe 20 will be refilled each timethat the lever 12 is moved.

I have found that by-placing in the tank 1d a liquid containing aparasite killing in;

annoyed by parasites operate the lever 12 as. required to discharge aquantity of the 1iq thus sprayed upon the animals will flow downwardlyover the backs of the animals and kill the parasites. I have discovered,also, that, by placing in the tank 14: a quan tity of clear water, or byconnecting said tank with a suitable water supply so that it may beconstantly filled, animals will, during excessively hot weather,frequently operate the lever 12 and thus spray themselves with freshwater, thus reducing their temperature and enabling them to withstandexcessively hot weather much better than they could do without access towater.

- In a device of this kind it is desirable'to provide a structure whichwill be actuated only by such animals as need to have a dis-' infectantor insecticide sprayed'on them. It is well known that animals that haveinsects on their bodies or that have any disease that causes irritationof the skin, will rub against posts or the sides of buildings which areass an actuating lever arranged vertical with a support, and in aposition where animals can conveniently-rub against it from one side, Ihave provided a device that will be actuated only by such animals asneed the spray.

I claim as my invention.

In a device of the class described, comprising a vertical support, atank mounted on the top of the support, a spraying nozzle connectedtocthe tank, valves for automatically measuring the liquid as it leavesthe tank, brackets mounted on the vertical sup port, a substantiallyvertical lever provided with a roughened surface mounted in thebrackets, means at the top of the lever for operating the measuringvalves in the connection between the tank and spraying nozzle, a springfor holding said lever in its normal position, the arrangement of saidvalves allowing a measured quantity of liqaid to spray upon the animalrubbing" on the roughened surface of the vertical lever.

April 4, 1908. ERNEST GOEKE. Witnesses:

S.- F. KLEMME, J. E. HOLMES.

Des- Moines, Iowa,

